'Twas battered and scarred, and the auctioneer Thought it scarcely worth his while To spend much time on the old violin, But he held it up with a smile.

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Does Jesus care when my heart is pained Too deeply for mirth and song; As the burdens press, and the cares distress, And the way grows weary and long?

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An oyster on the ocean floor opened wide its shell to let the water pass over it. As the water flushed through, its gills picked out food, sending it to its stomach. Suddenly a large fish nearby stirred up a cloud of sand and silt with a flip of its tail. Sand! Oh, how the oyster disliked sand.

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One morning as I neared the hospital where I worked, I noticed a frail, stooped, elderly man hurrying in the same direction. I wondered where he was going in such a hurry and at such an hour.

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If God has called you, don't spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following.

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Once upon a time in the heart of the Eastern Kingdom lay a beautiful garden. And there in the cool of the day was the Master of the garden, who went for a walk. Of all the dwellers of the garden, the most beautiful and beloved was a gracious and noble Bamboo.

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Whatever their planned target, the mortar rounds landed in an orphanage run by a missionary group in the small Vietnamese village. The missionaries and one or two children were killed outright, and several more children were wounded, including one young girl, about eight years old.

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Every time a child is born there is another soul that is going to live forever! It's the biggest miracle since the creation of the world! One little babe is worth more than anything man can make and is going to last longer!

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"I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content" (Philippians 4:11). The Apostle Paul, deprived of every comfort, wrote the above words while in his dungeon.

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Faith is not just hoping, believing or somewhat expecting, but faith is knowing --absolutely knowing!

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I can take my telescope and look millions and millions of miles into space; but I can lay my telescope aside, go into my room and shut the door, get down on my knees in earnest prayer, and I see more of Heaven and get closer to God than I can when assisted by all the telescopes and material agencies on Earth. --Sir Isaac Newton

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In 384 A.D. a young teacher from North Africa went to Milan, Italy, to take a position as teacher of rhetoric. While there, he became troubled about his sins and sought desperately to get right with God.

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